‘X Factor’ Hopeful Rebekah Ryan Arrested After Punching Former Partner’s New Girlfriend In The Face

The wannabe singer had Sharon Osbourne in tears in last week's show.

‘X Factor’ hopeful Rebekah Ryan was arrested after attacking the new flame of her former partner.

The wannabe singer, whose rendition of Sarah McLachlan’s ‘Angels’ reduced Sharon Osbourne to tears on the current series of the ITV show, was detained by police following the incident last Sunday (11 Sept).

According to reports, the 40-year-old punched Dee Overton in the face outside a pub in Tamworth, Staffordshire.

A spokesperson for the police told The Sun Online: “We were called at 7.15pm on Sunday, September 11 to reports of an assault outside the Fox Inn in Tamworth.

“A 29-year-old woman from Tamworth suffered swelling to her eye after she was punched in the face.

“A 40-year-old woman was arrested and given a conditional caution for assault by beating.”

The victim is the girlfriend of Rebekah’s former partner Matt Debono, who is also the father of her son, Seb.

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